Improvement in ox yokes and bows



M. OANTONI.

Ox-Yoke and Bow.

No. 222,010. Patented Nov. 25, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFToE.

MICHELE GANTONI, OF BR OOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN OX YOKES AND BOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,010, dated November 15, 1879 application filed October 16, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, IVIICHELE OANTONI, of

Brookhavernin the county of Lincoln and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ox Yokes and Bows;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others .skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the aecompanyingdrawin gs, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in 0X yokes and bows; and it consists in making each bow of three pieces, which are jointed and hinged together in such a manner as to always accommodate themselves to the movetwo staples, eyes, or other equivalent devices, 0,

in which the two upper parts, d, of the bows are hooked. These two partsd are made of sheet or plate iron, and suitably braced by having their edges turned outward, so as to form strengthening-bands, and are made to project downward to about the shoulder-joint of the oxen. These plates d are made nearly as wide as the yoke, and having their edges turned outward so that they cannot catch against the animals skin in any manner, and, being free to move into almost any position, they accommodate themselves to every movement of the animals, and thus enable the animals to exert themselves much more readily and easily than they can with the common bent inflexible bow.

Hinged to the lower end of eacli of theinside plates, d, is the bow-shaped plate 6, which passes down under the animals neck, and

which extends at right angles to the two plates 01, so as to present its flat side for the animal to bear against.

To the free and'outer end of each plate 0 is secured the perforated plate g, which extends at right angles to the plate 0, and catches over the books i or other fastenings on' the lower end of the outer plate, (Z, for the purpose of fastening the plate e in position on the together, nothing can ever become lost or misplaced, but they are always ready for instant use.

Having thus described my invention, 'I claim- 1. In an oX-yoke, a how that is formed from several metallic plates, which are loosely jointed to the yoke and to each other, whereby the animal is-always allowed a free movement, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of an oxyoke with a bow composed of the three metal plates dd and e, which are flexibly connected together, substantially as described.

3. The combination of an ox-yoke with the three flexibly-connected plates (1 e, the plates 0 being fastened at one end by means of a hinge,and at the other by means of the perforated plate 9 and hooks or catches 2', substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of September, 1879.

MICHELE CANTON I.

Witnesses:

J. M. H. MARTIN, S. M. FEROICH. 

